N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Dichlorosilaimine IPr·Cl2Si NR

Nov 15, 2010 - N-Heterocyclic carbene stabilized dichlorosilaimine IPr·Cl2Si═N(Diip) (2) has been synthesized by the reaction of dichlorosilylene I...
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N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Dichlorosilaimine IPr 3 Cl2SidNR Rajendra S. Ghadwal,† Herbert W. Roesky,*,† Carola Schulzke,‡ and Markus Granitzka† †

Institut f€ ur Anorganische Chemie der Universit€ at G€ ottingen, Tammannstrasse 4, D 37077 G€ ottingen, Germany, and ‡School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland Received July 27, 2010

N-Heterocyclic carbene stabilized dichlorosilaimine IPr 3 Cl2SidN(Diip) (2) has been synthesized by the reaction of dichlorosilylene IPr 3 SiCl2 (1) with bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimide (IPr = :C[N(2,6-i-Pr2-C6H3)CH]2, Diip = 2,6-i-Pr2-C6H3). Reaction of 1 with terphenyl azides also affords dichlorosilaimines IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Diip2-C6H3) (3) and IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Triip2-C6H3) (4) (Triip = 2,4,6-i-Pr3-C6H2). Compounds 2-4 are stable under an inert atmosphere and were characterized by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopic studies. The molecular structures of 2-4 were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis.

Introduction Silylenes are key intermediates in numerous thermal and photochemical reactions1 of organosilicon compounds. Silylene chemistry has been in focus over the last two decades.2 After the isolation of room-temperature-stable silylenes their reactivity toward a wide range of unsaturated organic and organometallic substrates has been examined,3,4 which is diverse and dependent on the substituents on the silicon atom and the nature of the substrates. Reactions of N-heterocyclic silylenes (NHSis) with organic azides are reported that show significant difference in their reactivity. Although a THF adduct of a silaimine was reported by West3 et al. by the reaction of a NHSi with a bulky azide, most of the reactions of NHSis with organic azides resulted in the formation of either azidosilane3,4 or silatetrazolines.3,4 On the basis of this, the involvement of initial formation of an unstable silaimine as an intermediate in these reactions was proposed, which further

reacts with another molecule of organic azide to form azidosilane or silaterazoline.3,4 The search for the formation of multiply bonded silicon compounds5 has been attracting attention throughout the last decades and is still one of the most interesting topics for silicon chemists. Dialkylsilaimines are compounds with a silicon-nitrogen double bond, which were first isolated independently by Wiberg6 and Klingebiel7 in 1986 by thermal salt elimination through multistep reactions. Moreover, direct methods for silaimine synthesis are still scarce, and there is no reported example of a dihalosilaimine because of the unavailability of suitable starting materials. Gaseous dihalosilylenes, SiX2 (X = F or Cl), have been known for many years;8 however at room temperature they condense to polymeric (SiX2)n or disproportionate to Si and SiX4. There are a number of theoretical investigations9 reporting the reactivity of silylenes. However, the only available experimental evidence10 involves SiCl2, which was generated

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in situ and trapped by reagents to form Si(IV) compounds. Very recently, we generated and stabilized SiCl2 by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and isolated IPr 3 SiCl2 (1) at room temperature.11 Reaction of 1 with 1-azidoadamantane yielded a functionalized NHC12 via the formation of unstable dichlorosilaimine as an intermediate. Silaimines contain polarized SidN bonds, and the presence of an alkyl or aryl group on the nitrogen atom plays a very important role in their stabilization. In view of the above results, we expected the reaction of 1 with aryl azides to lead to NHC-stabilized dichlorosilaimines. Furthermore, no reaction of stable silylene with a carbodiimide has appeared so far. Herein, we report on the synthesis and characterization of dichlorosilaimines IPr 3 Cl2SidN(Diip) (2), IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6Diip2-C6H3) (3), and IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Triip2-C6H3) (4) (IPr = :C[N(2,6-i-Pr2-C6H3)CH]2, Diip = 2,6-i-Pr2-C6H3, Triip = 2,4,6-i-Pr3-C6H2) by reacting 1 with bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimide or terphenyl azides. Silaimines 2-4 should serve as suitable precursors for the preparation of differently substituted silaimines and silanitriles or silaisonitriles, which are currently under investigation.

Results and Discussion Reaction of IPr 3 SiCl2 (1) with bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimide (Scheme 1) affords NHC-stabilized dichlorosilaimine IPr 3 Cl2SidN(Diip) (2). 1 reacts with an equimolar amount of 2,6-Diip2-C6H3N3 or 2,6-Triip2-C6H3N3 with clean formation of dichlorosilaimines IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Diip2-C6H3) (3) and IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Triip2-C6H3) (4), respectively. Dichlorosilaimines 2-4 are yellow crystalline compounds that are stable under an inert atmosphere and soluble in common organic solvents. 2-4 were characterized by singlecrystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analyses, and 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR spectroscopic studies. 1H and 13C NMR (11) Ghadwal, R. S.; Roesky, H. W.; Merkel, S.; Henn, J.; Stalke, D. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5683–5686. Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 5793-5796. (12) Ghadwal, R. S.; Roesky, H. W.; Granitzka, M.; Stalke, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 10018–10020.

Figure 1. Molecular structure of 2. Anisotropic displacement parameters are depicted at the 50% probability level. The toluene solvent molecule and H atoms are omitted for clarity. Selected bond distances (A˚) and angles (deg): Si(1)-Cl(1) 2.0717(18), Si(1)-Cl(2) 2.095(2), Si(1)-C(1) 1.917(5), Si(1)-N(3) 1.563(4), N(3)-C(28) 1.366(6); Cl(1)-Si(1)-Cl(2) 100.10(8), Cl(1)-Si(1)-C(1) 106.36(16), Cl(2)-Si(1)-C(1) 99.77(16), Cl(1)-Si(1)-N(3) 116.51(18), Cl(2)-Si(1)-N(3) 122.69(17), C(1)-Si(1)-N(3) 109.2(2).

spectra of 2-4 show resonances for the IPr ligand coordinated to the silicon atom along with the resonances due to the aryl group attached to the imine nitrogen atom. 29Si NMR resonances for 2, 3, and 4 appear at δ -107.07, -99.95, and -99.70 ppm, respectively, which are shifted upfield with respect to 1 (δ 18 ppm)11 due to higher coordinate silicon atoms and are consistent with Si(IV) compounds.13 (13) Ghadwal, R. S.; Sen, S. S.; Roesky, H. W.; Granitzka, M.; Kratzert, D.; Merkel, S.; Stalke, D. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3952–3955. Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 4044-4047.

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Figure 2. Molecular structure of 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters are depicted at the 50% probability level. H atoms are omitted for clarity. Selected bond distances (A˚) and angles (deg): Si(1)-Cl(1) 2.0649(10), Si(1)-Cl(2) 2.0653(10), Si(1)-C(1) 1.953(2), Si(1)-N(3) 1.588(2), N(3)-C(28) 1.376(3); Cl(1)Si(1)-Cl(2) 102.08(4), Cl(1)-Si(1)-C(1) 103.25(8), Cl(2)-Si(1)C(1) 99.33(8), Cl(1)-Si(1)-N(3) 114.18(8), Cl(2)-Si(1)-N(3) 122.17(8), C(1)-Si(1)-N(3) 113.26(10).

Single-Crystal X-ray Structures. The molecular structures of compounds 2, 3, and 4 were established by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and are shown in Figures 1-3. Silaimines 2-4 were obtained as yellow crystals, containing toluene molecules in the lattice. Crystallographic data for 2-4 are summarized in Table 1. The molecular structure of 2 is shown in Figure 1. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c. The silicon atom in 2 exhibits a distorted tetrahedral geometry. Two coordination sites of the silicon atom are occupied by the two chlorine atoms, the third one is occupied by the C atom of the NHC, and the fourth site is occupied by one N atom of the imine moiety. Silaimine 3 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/ c, whereas 4 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The silicon atom in each of 3 and 4 is four-coordinate, and the sum of the bond angles around silicon exhibits a distorted tetrahedral geometry (Figures 2 and 3). The NHC ligand, the Cl atoms, and imine N atom in 3 and 4 are arranged in a similar fashion to those in 2. The SidN bond lengths for 2-4 (av 1.565(4) A˚) are consistent with those reported3,6 for silaimine THF adducts. The SirC bond distances for 2 (1.917(5) A˚), 3 (1.953(2) A˚), and 4 (1.938(2) A˚) are only marginally shorter than that of 1 (1.985(4) A˚). The average Si-Cl bond length (2.0708(18) A˚) in 2-4 is noticeably shorter than that of 1 (2.1664(16) A˚) and in agreement with that of four-coordinate14 silicon in IPr 3 SiCl2 3 B(C6F5)3.

Conclusion In this article we presented two methods for the preparation of dichlorosilaimines stabilized by a NHC ligand. (14) Ghadwal, R. S.; Roesky, H. W.; Merkel, S.; Stalke, D. Chem.; Eur. J. 2010, 16, 85–88.

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Figure 3. Molecular structure of 4. Anisotropic displacement parameters are depicted at the 50% probability level. The second molecule, toluene solvent molecules, and H atoms are omitted for clarity. Selected bond distances (A˚) and angles (deg): Si(1)-Cl(1) 2.0612(9), Si(1)-Cl(2) 2.0668(9), Si(1)-C(1) 1.938(2), Si(1)-N(3) 1.594(2), N(3)-C(28) 1.376(3); Cl(1)-Si(1)-Cl(2) 101.59(4), Cl(1)-Si(1)-C(1) 104.67(8), Cl(2)-Si(1)-C(1) 98.12(7), Cl(1)Si(1)-N(3) 114.46(8), Cl(2)-Si(1)-N(3) 124.76(8), C(1)-Si(1)N(3) 110.57(10).

(i) NHC-stabilized dichlorosilylene 1 reacts with bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimide in a unexpected way to afford dichlorosilaimine 2. The reaction of a stable silylene with carbodiimide is reported for the first time. (ii) NHC-stabilized dichlorosilaimines 3 and 4 have been prepared by the reaction of 1 with terphenyl azides. The availability of easily replaceable and reducible chlorine atoms in compounds 2-4 on the silicon atom makes them interesting starting materials for preparing a variety of silicon compounds, which are presently under further investigation.

Experimental Section General Procedures. All reactions and manipulations were performed under an inert atmosphere using standard Schlenk line techniques or a glovebox. The solvents used were purified by MBraun solvent purification system MB SPS-800. The N-heterocyclic carbene, 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr),15 and IPr 3 SiCl2 (1)11 were prepared by literature methods. Bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)phenyl azide and bis(2,4,6triisopropylphenyl)phenyl azide were prepared according to reported methods.16 C6D6 was dried over Na metal and distilled under nitrogen prior to use. 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR spectra were recorded using Bruker Avance DPX 200 or Bruker Avance DRX 500 spectrometers. Tetramethylsilane (TMS) was used as an internal (1H and 13C NMR) or an external (29Si NMR) reference. Elemental analyses were obtained from the Analytical Laboratory of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of G€ ottingen. Melting points were measured in sealed capillary tubes under nitrogen. Synthesis of IPr 3 Cl2SidN(Diip) (2). To a mixture of 1 (1.03 g, 2.11 mmol) and bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimide (0.77 g, (15) Jafarpour, L.; Stevens, E. D.; Nolan, S. P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 606, 49–54. (16) (a) Twamley, B.; Hwang, C. S.; Hardman, N. J.; Power, P. P. J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 609, 152–160. (b) Gavenonis, J.; Tilley, T. D. Organometallics 2004, 23, 31–43.

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Table 1. Crystallographic Data and Structure Refinement for Compounds 2-4

formula CCDC no. fw cryst size/mm cryst syst space group a/A˚ b/A˚ c/A˚ R/deg β/deg γ/deg V/A˚3 Dcalcd/g cm-3 Z abs coeff/mm-1 θ range/deg reflns collected/ indep reflns max. and min. transmn final R indices [I > 2σ(I)] R indices (all data) largest diff peak and hole/e A˚3

2 3 C6H5CH3

3

4 3 0.75C6H5CH3

C46H61Cl2N3Si 746183 754.97 0.50  0.20  0.05 monoclinic P21/c 18.146(4) 13.126(3) 18.957(4) 90 104.39(3) 90 4373.3(15) 1.147 4 0.210 1.16 to 26.00 26 102/8478

C57H73Cl2N3Si 780073 899.17 0.17  0.10  0.08 monoclinic C2/c 18.674(3) 14.193(2) 38.194(6) 90 93.331(2) 90 10105(3) 1.182 8 0.192 2.45 to 24.71 92 428/8602

C273H364Cl8N12Si4 780074 4209.72 0.30  0.25  0.10 triclinic P1 13.0796(16) 21.796(3) A˚ 22.043(3) 90.581(2) 92.462(2) 100.942(2) 6163.0(13) 1.134 4 0.167 1.31 to 24.71°. 75 367/21023

[R(int) = 0.1307] 0.9868 and 0.9238

[R(int) = 0.0922] 0.7452 and 0.6190

[R(int) = 0.0617] 0.9874 and 0.7649

R1 = 0.0893, wR2 = 0.1727 R1 = 0.1721, wR2 = 0.2054 0.608 and -0.458

R1 = 0.0475, wR2 = 0.1026 R1 = 0.0758, wR2 = 0.1163 0.933 and -0.464

R1 = 0.0480, wR2 = 0.1124 R1 = 0.0817, wR2 = 0.1285 0.711 and -0.367

2.12 mmol) was added precooled toluene (60 mL) at -78 °C. The yellow reaction mixture was brought to room temperature and turned red after 2 h. After overnight stirring, all volatiles were removed under vacuum to obtain a pale yellow solid. The byproduct 2,6-diisopropylphenyl isonitrile was extracted with n-hexane (2  30 mL) and characterized by NMR spectroscopy. The residue was dissolved in 20 mL of toluene and stored at -35 °C for 2 days. Yellow crystals of 2 were obtained (0.89 g, 63%). Mp: 170 (dec) °C. Anal. Calcd (%) for C39H53Cl2N3Si (M = 662.85): C, 70.67; H, 8.06; N, 6.34. Found (%): C, 70.56; H, 8.10; N, 6.25. 1H NMR (200.13 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 0.92 (d, J = 6.87 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 1.31 (dd, J = 6.99 Hz, 24H, CHMe2), 2.79 (m, 4H, CHMe2), 3.21 (m, 2H, CHMe2), 6.23 (s, 2H, NCH), 7.00-7.27 (m, 9H, C6H3) ppm. 13C{1H} NMR (125.76 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 22.73, 23.35, (CH(CH3)2), 25.35, 25.64 (CH(CH3)2), 28.74, 29.50 (CH(CH3)2), 123.42 (NCH), 124.36, 125.40 (m-C6H3), 131.60, (p-C6H3), 134.26 (o-C6H3), 145.45, 146.25 (ipso-C6H3) ppm. 29Si NMR (99.36 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ -107.07 ppm. Synthesis of IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Diip2-C6H3) (3). To a 100 mL Schlenk flask containing 1 (0.56 g, 1.15 mmol) and bis(2,6diisopropylphenyl)phenyl azide (0.51 g, 1.16 mmol) was added toluene (50 mL), and the resulting yellow solution was stirred for 5 h and then concentrated to 10 mL. Storing the solution at 4 °C for 2 days afforded yellow crystals of 3 (0.71 g, 69%). Mp: 235 (dec) °C. Anal. Calcd (%) for C57H73Cl2N3Si (M = 899.23): C, 76.14; H, 8.18; N, 4.67. Found (%): C, 76.09; H, 8.24; N, 4.15. 1 H NMR (200.13 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 0.72 (d, J = 6.60 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 1.10 (d, J = 6.20 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 1.21 (dd, J = 6.22 Hz, 24H, CHMe2), 2.42 (m, 2H, CHMe2), 2.85 (m, 2H, CHMe2), 3.34 (m, 4H, CHMe2), 6.02 (s, 2H, NCH), 6.69 (t, J = 6.80 Hz, 1H, p-C6H3) 6.92-7.27 (m, 14H, C6H3) ppm. 13 C{1H} NMR (125.76 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 22.98, 23.14, 23.37 (CH(CH3)2), 24.15, 24.25, 25.59, 25.82 (CH(CH3)2), 29.83, 30.24, 30.38, 30.56, 30.72 (CH(CH3)2), 122.66 (NCH), 124.22, 125.42 (m-C6H 3), 130.20, 130.63, 132.80, 132.89 (p-C6H 3), 134.48 (o-C6H 3), 144.50, 145.04, 147.01, 147.66 (ipso-C6H3) ppm. 29Si NMR (99.36 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ -99.95 ppm. Synthesis of IPr 3 Cl2SidN(2,6-Triip2-C6H3) (4). Compound 4 was synthesized, adopting a similar method for the preparation

to that of 3, by reaction of 1 (0.79 g, 1.62 mmol) and bis(2,4,6triisopropylphenyl)phenyl azide (0.85 g, 1.62 mmol) to yield yellow crystals of 4 (1.17 g, 73%). Mp: 235-236 (dec) °C. Anal. Calcd (%) for C63H85Cl2N3Si (M = 983.36): C, 76.95; H, 8.71; N, 4.27. Found (%): C, 76.75; H, 8.78; N, 4.18. 1H NMR (200.13 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 0.76 (d, J = 6.80 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 1.12 (d, J = 6.60 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 1.26 (d, J = 6.80 Hz, 24H, CHMe2), 1.38 (d, J = 6.80 Hz, 12H, CHMe2), 2.46 (m, J = 6.80 Hz, 4H, CHMe2), 2.92 (m, 2H, CHMe2), 3.37 (m, J = 6.80 Hz, 4H, CHMe2), 6.03 (s, 2H, NCH), 6.66 (t, J = 7.00 Hz, 1H, p-C6H3) 6.95-7.10 (m, 12H, C6H3) ppm. 13C{1H} NMR (125.76 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ 23.48, 24.61, 26.34 (CH(CH3)2), 30.17, 30.67, 34.87 (CH(CH3)2), 120.90 (NCH), 125.63, 125.77 (m-C6H3), 129.27, 131.10, 133.27, 132.31 (p-C6H3), 134.92 (o-C6H3), 142.71, 145.51, 146.24, 147,87 (ipso-C6H3) ppm. 29Si NMR (99.36 MHz, C6D6, 298 K): δ -99.70 ppm. X-ray Structure Determination of Compounds 2-4. A suitable crystal of 2 was mounted on a glass fiber, and data were collected on an IPDS II Stoe image-plate diffractometer (graphite-monochromated Mo KR radiation, λ = 0.71073 A˚) at 133(2) K. The data were integrated with X-area and absorption corrected by X-red32. The data for 3 and 4 were collected from shock-cooled crystals at 100(2) K17 and were measured on a Bruker TXS-Mo rotating anode with Helios mirror optics and an APEX II detector with a D8 goniometer. The diffractometer was equipped with a low-temperature device17 and used Mo KR radiation, λ = 0.71073 A˚. The data of 3 and 4 were integrated with SAINT18 and an empirical absorption correction (SADABS) was applied.19 The structures were solved by direct methods (SHELXS-97) and refined by full-matrix least-squares methods against F2 (SHELXL-97).20 All non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters. The hydrogen atoms were refined isotropically on calculated positions using a riding model with their Uiso values constrained to equal 1.5 times the Ueq of their pivot atoms for terminal sp3 carbon atoms and 1.2 times for all other carbon atoms. Disordered moieties were (17) (a) Kottke, T.; Stalke, D. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1993, 26, 615–619. (b) Stalke, D. Chem. Soc. Rev. 1998, 27, 171–178. (18) SAINT v7.68A; Bruker AXS Inc.: Madison, WI, USA, 2009. (19) Sheldrick, G. M. SADABS 2008/2; G€ottingen, 2008. (20) Sheldrick, G. M. Acta Crystallogr., Sect. A 2008, 64, 112–122.

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Acknowledgment. Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is greatly acknowledged. Supporting Information Available: Crystallographic data for complexes 2-4 as CIF files. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.